Bears' Nation

24/7/52/364—All day every day every week of the year, that’s the amount of time the Chicago media devotes to news of your Chicago Bears. Anything left over goes to the other teams, pending breaking Bears’ news. The Munsters, fresh off their 5-12 “triumph” of a season, are commanding every platform out there this week. Why? Because they’ve acquired two offensive linemen, one 28 and the other 32. Breaking news—they just acquired a “blocking” tight end. Never mind players at that position are supposed to be able to block and catch the ball. Bears’ management doesn’t even require one of those skill sets. The really irritating part is how the other teams make it all possible. The Bulls, Hawks and White Sox are somewhere between awful and mediocre, which means minimal coverage. The Cubs are mediocre-plus, which means any extra coverage is usually devoted to columnists complaining how cheap they are. August used to belong to the Munsters. Now, March does, too.